Ethiopia

A survey of the Ethiopian tax system (2025–26)

This report provides an updated and comprehensive overview of Ethiopia’s tax system in 2025–26.

Supporting sustainable, locally-led tax policy through Medium-Term Revenue Strategies (MTRSs)

Medium-Term Revenue Strategies (MTRSs) can provide governments with structured roadmaps which link tax policy and administration to broader economic and social goals.

Beyond aid: reflections on tax policy reform as a path to sustainable financing in Ethiopia

On 17 July 2026, TaxDev and the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) co-organised a panel discussion, “Beyond Aid: Tax Policy Reforms as a Path to Sustainable Financing”, as part of the EEA’s 23rd

EEA panel discussion | Beyond aid: tax policy reform as a path to sustainable development financing

Background and rationale

Mitigating the consequences of job loss in lower-income countries: evidence from Ethiopia

Job loss is an understudied risk for formal workers in lower-income countries. In these settings, lump-sum severance pay is often the only source of job-loss insurance.

Ethiopia’s new investment incentive regulation explained

This month, Ethiopia’s new Investment Tax and Customs Duty Incentive Regulation (No. 586/2026) governing tax incentives for investors has come into effect. The key changes are:

Fuel and vehicle taxes in Africa

Why are fuel and vehicle taxes important?

Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio has fallen, even as the country has got richer

This blog was originally published on blogs.lse.ac.uk on 11 September 2025

Ethiopia’s revised income tax explained

In July 2025, the federal and regional governments implemented the income tax amendment (Proclamation No. 1395 /2025) upon its approval by the House of People's Representatives.

Ethiopia publishes major new tax-to-GDP ratio report

The Ethiopian Ministry of Finance has published a major new report: Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio.